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Bad Man Lyrics

Artist: Conway Twitty
Album: Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie

I have the reputation that's known throughout the landThey say I'm master on the draw of any livin' manThey call me a bad man they say I kill for funThey say the only thing I know is how to use a gunBut they don't know the reason they branded me as badIt started many years ago when I was just a lad

I rode into a cattletown a boy of twenty-threeSo young and yet that very day I carved my destinyI walked into the town saloon that sad and faithful dayThen I began to gamble to pass the time awayI thought I played a hand or two then hit the thrill againBut Lady Luck was with me and I began to win

The dealer kept on dealin' the stakes were gettin' highAnd pretty soon there was no one left but an old cowboy and IThe minutes seemed like hours you couldn't hear a soundWe've been in race until we'd lay all our money downThe cowboy smiled and showed his hands three aces he did holdBut I laid down the royal flush and reached to claim my gold

The cowboy stood and faced me his hands hung on his hipsA look of hate was in his eyes and the smile had left his lipsHe said young man slap leather I'm known for miles aroundTo keep my reputation about I got to gun you downWhite lightnin' speeded through that fire one life will be the costThe cowboy crumbled to the floor his reputation lost

Now years have come and years have gone and many men have diedHe's tried his luck and hoped he'd be the fastest gun aliveAnd in my many fights to live I wondered if I'd wonI'm known by all the bad men they think I kill for funSomeday I'll meet the cowboy who's speed will meet the testAnd that will in the saga of the bad man of the west